The Minnesota Wild plays their homes games at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul Minnesota. The Minnesota fans were heartbroken when their North Stars left for Dallas but were very grateful that they received an expansion team from the NHL. The atmosphere at the Xcel Energy Center is electric and makes for a great place to watch a hockey game and the Center is routinely in the top 10 of ESPN’s great venues in North America. The concourse areas also contain hockey jerseys from every high school in Minnesota hanging on the wall, reflecting the “State of Hockey.” This is something that is very cool of them to do to honor the states’ great history with hockey.